Unit 12 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Baby Boom | the generation born after WWII, from 1946-1960. |
Which Generation was so large it has a huge impact on demographics (population pattern) | Baby Boomers |
Demographics | Population patterns |
Blood Plasma | the part of blood that is left when the red blood cells are removed. Keeps fresh longer than whole blood. Helps people survive blood loss. |
Civil Rights Movement | Push to end racial segregation and discrimination |
Civil Rights legislation | laws passed to end segregation or to eliminate unfair discrimination against African Americans or other minorities |
consumer goods | things that are bought by people for everyday life, such as clothing, furniture, refrigerators, and TVs |
desegregation/desegregated | to end segregation (separation of the races) |
Charles Drew | a famous African American doctor who helped create safe methods for storing blood plasma; lead to the creation of blood banks |
G.I. Bill of Rights | a law passed to help veterans adjust to civilian life |
Interstate Highway System | the modern highways built across the U.S.; marked with numbers, no stop signs or stop lights |
news media | any form of communication that spreads info to the public about current events |
J. Robert Oppenheimer | a physicist and leader of the Manhattan Project (create atomic bomb) |
pagers | small electronics that can receive messages |
productivity | a measure that compares how much of a product a business produces, to the total amount of labor and materials needed to produce it |
Eleanor Roosevelt | the wife of President Roosevelt who later became famous for her efforts to promote human rights around the world. |
telecommunications | any form of communication over a distance but especially by electronic and wireless means such as cell phones, pagers and satellite tv |
Women's Movement | the push by many Americans during the 1960s and 1970s to seek full equality for women in all aspects of life |
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